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alimeti
a-li-ME-ti
match
French: l'allumette
Pesa ngai alimeti.
Give me a match.
Donne-moi une allumette.
A match — the small spark of the kitchen. Alimeti is a matchstick. Where meals are cooked over charcoal and the evening is lit by lamp, a box of alimeti is a quiet daily necessity, and "pesa ngai alimeti" — give me a match — is heard in every home.
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